Showing Latest Reports from TBI Datacenters & Critical Infrastructure

Are there new technologies out there that could disrupt the economics and infrastructure of the modern datacenter -- and the ecosystem of current suppliers? This report puts the spotlight on 10 technologies that could ultimately have a significant impact.

Datacenters of all types are facing a wave of disruption. Owners and operators of mission-critical facilities, and the suppliers that serve them, are aligning their strategies to several converging trends. These include the application of cloud computing and analytics to facility management and resiliency; new approaches to automation, networking and industrialization, driven in part by next-generation edge computing; and, critically, a growing need to increase agility and efficiencies without compromising availability.

As the IT industry moves to a distributed, cloud-based and hybrid model, the way that resiliency is or will be achieved is undergoing a revolutionary revision. Single-site, highly available datacenters are still critical, but are becoming components in a distributed fabric, with software managing replication, availability and integrity.

The need for datacenter capacity for edge computing and the Internet of Things will lead to new datacenter form factors, as well as new cloud computing and networking approaches. This report examines the arguments both for and against the rapid buildout of datacenters at the edge, and includes edge architectural schemas, new datacenter types and an assessment of the types of workloads they will likely support.

This report provides an analysis of the size and growth potential of the prefabricated modular datacenter market through 2020. Our projections are based on a comprehensive bottom-up market-sizing analysis that incorporates revenue guidance from vendors, estimates and forecasts for each of the more than 50 competing suppliers in this sector. This report also identifies and examines key market trends affecting the prefabricated modular datacenter space.

Even after a recent record tech M&A run, dealmakers still had ambitious shopping plans in 2016. Across the globe, tech acquirers announced $500bn worth of transactions in the just-completed year, ranking 2016 as the second-highest annual total since the internet bubble burst. More than any other year, 2016 saw an expansion of buyers beyond the 'usual suspects,' as old-line companies got caught up in transforming their businesses through M&A.

Several trends are converging to disrupt the buildout and operation of advanced, resilient and efficient mission-critical facilities, from datacenters to distributed infrastructure. Suppliers are anticipating significant changes in demand by developing new types of intelligent, cost-effective and energy-efficient products and services.

Are datacenter operators not only over-cooling, but applying too many controls on datacenter temperatures? A 451 Research analysis of industry failure rate data suggests that, counter to traditional practice, most datacenter operators will get fewer failures if they allow temperatures to wander across a wide envelope. For many, that means they could operate with less expensive controls and mechanical cooling equipment, saving significantly on both energy and capital.

This report provides an overview of the datacenter cooling market, focusing on suppliers of particularly innovative and disruptive technologies including indirect and direct free air and direct liquid.